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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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